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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts) Wed Nov 7, 2018, 12:10 PM Nov 2018

Jon Meacham on Trump - "...that's Archie Bunker who became president."

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Jon Meacham on Trump - "...that's Archie Bunker who became president." (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2018 OP

Archie Bunker wasn't actually motivated by malice. Trump is genuinely evil. dalton99a Nov 2018 #1

His character also evolved. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2018 #2

Archie had a good heart. He was just ignorant. And he evolved. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2018 #3

Archie Bunker was ignorant but not evil. Trump is ignorant *and* evil. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2018 #4

Exactly! Runningdawg Nov 2018 #5

dalton99a

(81,747 posts)

1. Archie Bunker wasn't actually motivated by malice. Trump is genuinely evil.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2018, 12:13 PM

Nov 2018

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)

2. His character also evolved.

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 7, 2018, 12:14 PM

Nov 2018

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,382 posts)

3. Archie had a good heart. He was just ignorant. And he evolved.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2018, 12:17 PM

Nov 2018

Trump is a narcissistic sociopath.

I once heard trump referred to as “the president of the newspaper comments section” - much more fitting

The Velveteen Ocelot

(116,113 posts)

4. Archie Bunker was ignorant but not evil. Trump is ignorant *and* evil.

Reply to Hassin Bin Sober (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 7, 2018, 12:21 PM

Nov 2018

He's the debased collective id of the worst people in America. He is exactly the president of the newspaper comments section.

Runningdawg

(4,533 posts)

5. Exactly!

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 7, 2018, 01:10 PM

Nov 2018

Archie wasn't a bully either. When the Jeffersons lived next door, he wasn't over there harassing them.
IMO Trump is much more like Cartman.

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